Monte Carlo simulation analysis of the effects of different system performance levels on the importance of multi-state components

Reliability Engineering and System Safety

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 63-73

  Zio, Enrico ^a   Podofillini, Luca ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Importance measures; Monte Carlo simulation; Multi state system

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; RELIABILITY;

MULTI STATE SYSTEMS;

CONTROL SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

EID: 0041528499     PISSN: 09518320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0951-8320(03)00124-8     Document Type: Article

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